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Screenwriting
"How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play"
TIME magazine
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091020/us time/08599193097100
"Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind - not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III. Literature scholars have long debated whether the play was written by Shakespeare - some bits are incredibly Bard-like, but others don't resemble his style at all. The verdict, according to one expert: the play is likely a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, another popular playwright of his time."
Paulo Joe Jingy
"I just couldn't live in a world without me."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091020/us time/08599193097100
"Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind - not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III. Literature scholars have long debated whether the play was written by Shakespeare - some bits are incredibly Bard-like, but others don't resemble his style at all. The verdict, according to one expert: the play is likely a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, another popular playwright of his time."
Paulo Joe Jingy
"I just couldn't live in a world without me."
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The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays. Bert
- The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays.
- Bert
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The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays.
Bert
Bert
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[nq:1]The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays. Bert[/nq]
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
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[nq:1]The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays. Bert[/nq]
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
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[nq:1]The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays. Bert[/nq]
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
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[nq:1]The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays. Bert[/nq]
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
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[nq:1]The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays. Bert[/nq]
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
You might want to actually read the article, which you did not.
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Art forgeries are easy to distinguish, because scientists can look at the original stroke pattern to see whether they are fluid or deliberate. The forger would be a careful imitation, while the original artist would have a freer stroke.
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[nq:1]The trouble with that approach is that it can't distinguish between bits genuinely writ by old Will and bits penned by someone else deliberately aping his style and using (as the chap behind this freely admits) entire phrases from known Shakespeare plays.[/nq]
But he breaks it down to Shakespeare writing 40% and Thomas Kyd writing 60%. A collaboration that no author took credit for. Shak
But he breaks it down to Shakespeare writing 40% and Thomas Kyd writing 60%. A collaboration that no author took credit for. Shak
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[nq:1]It seems unlikely that someone else would fake both Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, together, for the same play, unless it was Thomas Kyd himself. But, then, why wouldn't he fake the whole thing?[/nq]
Because it's carries more street cred to say "Hey look, I'm Shakespeare's co-writer!" than it does to say "Hey look, I can write nearly as good as what Shakespeare does!"?
No, I don't belie
Because it's carries more street cred to say "Hey look, I'm Shakespeare's co-writer!" than it does to say "Hey look, I can write nearly as good as what Shakespeare does!"?
No, I don't belie
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[nq:1]It seems unlikely that someone else would fake both Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, together, for the same play, unless it was Thomas Kyd himself. But, then, why wouldn't he fake the whole thing?[/nq]
Maybe Shakespeare gave up on the thing and said, "Here thou goest, Thomas, me old China. I can¹t do anything with this piece of ***. Use it in good health."
"If you can, tell me someth
Maybe Shakespeare gave up on the thing and said, "Here thou goest, Thomas, me old China. I can¹t do anything with this piece of ***. Use it in good health."
"If you can, tell me someth
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